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The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-24
RussiA's PEAsANTRY.

The Utterly Hopeless Condition OF the
Great Majority OF the Czar's Subjects.
The condition of the Russian peas
antry, which has been long and steadi-
ly deteriorating, has now become so
utterly hopeless that only some special
extra pressure Is required To make their
deep discomfort break out in rebellion.
The .'moujik" knows nothing of ''con-
stitutions" or political freedom. >
He sighs for none of these things. He
hates the Nihiiilts, for they are innova-
tors and the declared enemies of the
Gar. lie has great patriotic and SUI
perstitious regard for the Emperor, as
the head Of his Church, the fountain
of all good gifts. and the representa-
tive of an ancient national institution.
But when firmly established in his po-
sition, one Gar satisfies the Russian
peasant quite rs well as another. The
Emperor Nicholas was quite as good to
him as would have been his elder
brother Constantine. had the latter not
been put cut of the way, and the EN-
press Catherine, foreigner and n
woman, was quite as good as the hus-
band whom she disposed Of II his
grievances become too great the peasant
will not hesitate to- attack the Gar 5
officers, tax collectors and others, and
he will maintain comfortable theory
that the autocrat is unaware of his
sufferings, and that he is the victim oi
wicked mobiles and officials who
have combined To persecute him
and TO deceive the Gar. Before
the peasant was emancipated he
worked under his masters directions,
he paid no taxes. he seldom had any
money, and he got but little "vodky.'
His master guaranteed his subsistence
and he had no particular cares or anx.
ieties. When emancipated he wa:
made n present of some land, but he
also became responsible for his owf
subsistence. and he became subject e
a land tax. lie remained. however
thoroughly careless, and his only so
! licitude was to do rs little work a.
possible. Circumstances for a tim,
( favored him. Good land was album
Z dant, the price of corn in Europe rose
/ railways were made to transport hi
/ grain, the money rolled pleasantly int,
/ his pockets. and the Goyernmen
kindly abolished the spirit monopolies
and brought .'vodky." plentiful an,
cheap. TO his door Times have, how
ever. changed now; his land. which h
never troubled to manure. is exhausted
the prlce Of grain has fallen; Amerie
and India are competing with him; hi
sons. his laborers, are taken away b.
the conscription. and the land tax alon
remains as before. Remissions of tn
tax are made from time to time. bu
only where the arrears have becom
so heavy that their collection is pei
fectly hopeless. Naturally the peasan
is ON his last legs and any thing bu
cheerful. He is slow To move, but wit
a little extra pressure, a cry agains
any of his recognized enemies. th
Jews. the ''tchinovniks. or the noble.
will start him on a career of violenc
which nothing but grape-shot will stoI
And this is the great danger which wi
assail Russia from within under the il
fluence of the stress of n prolonge
war Quarterly Rerielc.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-24
Answers to Correspondents.

Maggie. No; yellow satin is not
suitable for street wear unless you have
it dyed. 2. You should always ring the
door-bell when visiting, and not use n
pass-key.
A. B. Grim your velvet skirt
with flounces of white Hamburg edg-
ing. and slit the waist up the back, so
il can be buttoned in front.
DdiSy.-White chalk is good for red
elbows; also stove polish. If we were
YOU, we would have the graduating
dress made with sleeves to come to the
wrist. This will prevent red elbows
attracting attention.
Clara B.-1. No; seal-skin saeques
will not be worn all summer. 2.-Sash-
ribbon should be yard wide. and all
wool. 8. We do not answer imperti-
nent questions by mail.-LDe.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-24

The farmers of South Carolina
have concluded that they can no longer
raise rice with profit. 1t is very diff
cult to obtain reliable labor for the
rice fields. During the last few years
several other cereals have come into
use in the place of rice, and the de-
mand for it has increased Cincinnati
Times.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
CiereIdssd aud HilI.

The San Francisco Examiner con,
taius an interview with Senator Hearst
in which that gentleman states that
Gov. Hill, of New York, will not be a
candidate for the presidential nomina-
tlcn in opposition to President Cleve-
land, but that on the contrary will be
one OF the warmest supporters Of the
president. This practically gives the
New York delegation to Mr.. Cleveland
and assures him the unanimous nomi-
nation. Gov. Hill will doubtless, on
the other hand, be reneminated for the
governorship of New York.
There can be no mistaking the
growing sentiment Of the people in
favor of the President, as has been
stated he stands as the personifed con-
science of the country. The words
in which Jeremiah Black spoke of
Andrew jackson are equally as appli-
cable to Grover Cleveland; "no truck
ling to popular errors; no wooing of
powerful interests; no base appeal to
the sordid passions; no batting Of
traps to catch the favor Of the people,
ever disgraced his manly statesman
ship.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
SALEM NOTES.
Salem is a beautiful city.

The NJ. E. Conference (District) is
in session in this city, and the clerical
representation is good, and deep In
terest manifested in all the leading
moral issues Of the day.
The Statesman coterie is large and
active. This paper is forging to the
front, and Messrs. Hendricks u Sau-
bert are live men, and are willing for
their success to depend upon their
own efforts. Ike and Ted are at the
wheel and are indispensable to the
Statesmans force.
The musicale in the University
chapel last Wednesday evening was
superb.
Miss Parish is the best sopraro o
singer in Salem and some think the
handsomest young lady in tie city.
Fred Cronemiller is at the case in
the state printers Office, and talks and
longs, and looks yearningly for his
"Hyacinth" that lives in the city
among the hills of Southern Oregon.
Hon. w. Ii. Byars is now engaged
in making maps for the county OF
Marion etc.
The State laws will be out in a
short time, earlier than ever before.
Willis McElroy would like to come
to Roseburg.
Supt. McElroy is always on the
fly, or working to the hilt in bis Office
The Railroad Commission is in ses-
sion this wOek.
Geo. Mcbride, secretary of state i,
an unmarried man.
The citizens Of Salem are a church
going people.
At the barracks of the Salvatie1
Army last Sunday evening there was {
''knock down ard drag out" fight
A dozen Or more were engaged. Th'
Salvationists were in the wrong thi
time.
a fire broke out in tie 10. O. F
building last Tuesday morning doin,
some damage to the regalia and othe
property.
The state officers are all hard a
work and they are doing thoroug
work
The Willamette University is doin
an excellent educational work.
| The Railroad Commissioners Wi
take trip to the Southern tcrminu
of the O. d G. Railroad at an earl
day to hear any suggestions that ma
be made to them to facilitate thci
work in carrying out the law as pre-
scribcd by the last Legislature.
E. M. Waite is fine bicyclist.
looks so odd to see man with a hoar
head astride of the bicycle.
The railroad trains show busines
appearance about Salem.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

THE Jacksonville branch railroad is
still the talk of the town, though few
are getting very impatient, but it will
be at least three weeks before the CON-
mittee will be able to make a definite
report. Everything is being done that
the committee can do in the way of
soliciting aid from distance, and cor
respondence is going on constantly
with the parties who furnish railroad
material. The prospect at present
looks very bright and the committee
say they are satisfied they will make
it go Oregon Sentinel.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

TIE editor of the Oregonian took
occasion in his last Sunday edition to
refer to the little difference of opinion
that exists between the Jacksonville
Times and THE REVIEW. Now posi-
bly, when we spoke Of newspapers
smelling of whisky" we trod upon the
toes of the Oregonian, and it may be
that caused him to finch. We beg
pardon, we should not tread on sore
eorns. for no doubt it hurts.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
READ THIS.

With the present influx Of immigra-
tion, and its character, this great north.
west will go forward at rate unpre-
cedented. The late immigration taken
as whole, is much better than in for
mer years. Some ten years ago the
people in the east had mania for gov
ernment land. Everyone almost, felt
it the pride of their lives to get home
stead or timber claim. This idea is
fast waning for the reasons, first, you
can buy improved lands cheaper than
you can make them; and secondly, the
government lands have all 'tfed to the
mountains" There is however con.
siderable unsurveyed land in Oregon,
and some surveyed land that is worth
looking after by those who desire to
make homes, if they will be content
for few years to live in the shack
woods" SO to speak. Douglas county
has lands improved and unimproyed
that can be bought ct a figure that
will leave good living margin to the
frugal and Industrious Persons COM
ing here from east Of the Rockies, or
persons who have been here since the
"woods were burnt" if they would
wake up to the fact that laying around
stores, and lounglng around the curb
stones are not places to cultivate the
soil, better day would dawn upon
many family. Do not wait for some
thing to turn up, but go and turn it
up. Do not depend upon futures to
make a living, for futures are tickle and
deceptive. There is but one future
that can be depended on, and that is
the great hereafter. It will not fuctu-
ate. The migratory spirit of the peo-
pie is also passing away. Our citizens
are beromlng more permanently loca-
ted" than heretofore. The idea of home
life is beginning to prevail, hence in a
few years it will he much more difficult
to ''buy out man" than now. Trans
portation facilities, and new and more
extenled markets are being opened W
every year, hence our products will bt
in demand The optimist will be
success IN this country, while the pessi
mist will be failure in any country
We only invite the former class to oul
OREGON.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

THAT John G. Calhoun is univer-
sally recognized as having been man
of singular purity Of private life, a
statesman of high and lofty character
and all in all man of the greatest
logical mind ever produced in this
country appears in the eyes of the Ore
gonian not to entitle him to monu-
ment. That notification, secession
and slavery fell by the sword and are
dead and buried forever enter not at
all in the matter. Calhoun was no
more responsible for slavery than the
editor of the Oregonian. 1t is high
time that justice should be done aman,
who, no matter what may have been
his mistakes never had an eye to his
own personal aggrandizement but
whose opinions were always honestly
held and fearlessly expressed. He
hung everything on the constitution
and a strict Interpretation of the
written letter thereof. Wendell Phil
lips appealed to 'higher law" than
the constitution ard spurned the latter
giving up magnificent Jaw practice
rather than to swear allegiance to it.
On this single point, which was the
truer and more noble and patriotic
American2 Yet all bow in homage
to the sacred memory of that uniYer-
sal friend of mankind-Wendell Phil
lips. Why not respect the memory
of Calhoun
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

Rev. J. w. CRAIG of Corvallis in
writing to the Benton Leader April
%, makes some statements that are
not true, and he is obliged as chris
tian gentleman to make good what he
has said in that article, especially that
part that refers to the Dayton Con-
ference in 1884, OF else go before the
community as misrepresentation. His
"adroitness" in hiding behind non
de-plume in order to stab others in the
dark is not what we had supposed OF a
man of his pretended standing. Gus
tice" is his non-de-plume, we had sup
posed that such virtue was character.
istlc of the man. But alas alas !! for
human frailty. Another point is this,
if the resolutions passed at the Dayton
Conference 1884, were irregular and
informal" in fact were a nonentity,
why rtSCIHU tIlGL4 III 1000 hG eLlO al
bany Conference, where they were
tacitly and otherwise admitted to lie
correct The reason given at Albany
1885 for the rescinsion of the ;esolu
tions was "she hardness of the times in
which to raise money" and not the
'.irregularity or informality" of their
original passage. This "adroltness,
irregularity etc., is an afterthought
and reminds one of drowning man
grabbing ct a straw" "You should
not bear false witness against your
neighbor." Emery, Bell and McFar-
land were as sincere in their convic-
tions Of doing what they believed the
church desired in 1884 as in any act
of their lives.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

The Republican majority of the
State Senate of New York attempted
to retain two Republicans in office by
refusing to consider the nominations
made by Gov. Hill. Lieutenant
Governor Jones however read the
message Of the Governor when the
Republican clerk refused to do so, and
at present the Republican majority is
in very embarrassing position. Con-
sidering the fact that the Republicans
are always referring to the Democratic
appetite for office this shameful at
tempt ON their part to hold Office un-
der a democratic administration is
vely amusing
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

Dates of Thunderstorms None
SPECIAL BULLETIN FOR APRIL, 1887.
Temperature: the mean temperature for
April 1887 t5o'.3) is 90 of degree
below the normal, the daily tenpera-
ture was above the normal on the
a, S, IS, 10, 10, p to 2S inst,
and below the normal on other dates, the
highest range above the normal was So on
the sth, the lowest III on goth. Precipita-
ton: the precipitation for April 1887 1919 in)
is Q. n ofan inch habove the average, totalfor the
season to May Ist is 36.o4 in, the average sea
sonal to May Ist 32.24 in, or 40 IN. above
the average seasonal TO July Isl is 34.62 in,
or there has more rain fallen to May Ist, this
season, by ..32 in, than usually falls to July
Ist Rain fell on the /, 2, 7, s, 9, 10, II, 10,
-Io, 20. Il and 20; sprinkled on 6, II, IA, 10,
II, Is and goth. Frosts: on the 3rd frost did
slight damage on the 18th frost was heavy
no damage, light frost on II, IS, II, 81, %.
Crops: All kinds of crops and fruits are in
fourishing condition, except Strawberries,
they are ?. weeks late owing TO the cool tenn
perature. Larger crops are now promised for
this region than has been had for many years.
B. S. PAGUE,
| Observer,
Sipnal COrnS T. & \
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
BHgcr Items.

Mr.. Rice lost 4 valuable horse last week.
Hamming birds are quite numerous in Mr..
Jones orchard.
Wonder who that was that fell out Of the
hack last Sunday.
The farmers are now quite busiiy engaged
in sheep shearing.
The picnic at Myrtle Creek, owing TO the
rain was almost failure.
Mr.. Mark Smith and wife spent last Sun.
day visiting friends in this neighborhood.
May says she would like something also be-
sides Rice in the neM letter she receives.
Several of the young folks from here attended
Sunday school on North Myrtle last Sunday.
Messrs. Ed Dunniyan, J. McGee and sew
eral others went to Roseburg on special busi
ness last week.
ALPHA.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
N0ticc For Publication.

Land Office at Reseburg, Or. Mar. %. 1857.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1HE FOL
IN lowing named settler has filed notice of his
intention 70 make Gnal proof in support Of his
claim ard that said Rroof will be made before the
Register or Receiver of the U. s. Laud Office at
Roscburg, Or, on Saturday, May 7, 1887, viz:
MARTIN PUKKEYPILE,
Homestead Entry No. 1904 for the s. E. / Of n. W.
/, See. %, Tp. 90 S. r. 5 West W. NJ. He names
the following witnesses to prove his continuous resi-
dence upon, and cultivation OF said land, viz: II.
A. Adams, John Hall, W. u. Drake, VIM. Hudson
all Of Myrtle Creek, Douglas county, Oregon.
G.. JOHNSTON, Register.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
Notice For Publication

Lard Office at Rosceurg Or. Apr. 20, 1857.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FOL.
IN lowing named ttlor has fled notice his in
tention make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof viii be made before the Register
or Receiver Of the U. s, Land Office at Roseburg
Oregon, on Saturday May, 28th, 1887 viz.
HENRY B. JOHNSON.
Homestead Entry No. 1929 for tho n. W. See. 80
Tp. IS S. X. west W. II. He names the following
witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land, viz. Abraham Thrush
G. VI. Prior Frank McDeritt, George Fordney All of
Camas valley Douglas Co., Or.
CEAs. ". JOHNSTON.
Register.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
Notice For Publication.

Land Office at Resehur!, Or, May Sd, 1887.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TIL At THE FOL-
N lowing named settler has filed notlce OF his
intention To make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before the
Register or Receiver Of U. S. Land Office at Rose
burg Or, on Monday, June 18th, 1887, viz:
ABRAM MAY
Homestead Entry No 1921 for the ! of S E SW
Of S E and S E / of W /, Sec Tp 27 r 3
West w NJ
Ho names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, AMI cultivation Of said
land, viz: Polk Martin, Richard Cannon, Isaac
Matthew'S John Durham, all of Roseburg, Douglas
county Oregon. CHAs. W. JOHNSTON,
Register
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
Administrators A Final N0ticc.

In the county court OF the state Of Oregon for
Douglas county estate of A. D. Jones deceased
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UN-
IS dersigned administrator of the above entitled
estate has led his final account III the settlement OF
said estate in the above entitled court and the said
court by ordor duly made has fixed Tuesday, The
5th day of July, 1851 for hearing objections if any
there be to said final account and to the settlement
of said estate Dated at Roseburg, Oregon, the 25,
day of March 1887. j. II. SHrPE, Administrator.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
ROSEBURG REVIEW
FRIDAY. MAY, 6, 1887.
TIE H4MrLroN1AN DocrRlSE.


trail idea Of the republican party is the
of power in the general
government and the destruction |
OF the power of the states.
The democracy, with higher
patriotism, has maintained that perfect
compromise between states rights and
the powers Of strong national gov
ernment.i The general government is
supreme in the exercise of those pow
ers granted by the constitution, which
have been enlarged, perhaps unneces-
sarily, by a long line of judicial de-
cisions, but the fact remains that al
though we have drifted somewhat
from the moorings and from the doc
trines~of Jefferson, still we are far
from having been lost in the mist and
fog of the teachings of that semi-mon-
archist-Alexande Hamilton.
Hamilton was afraid to trust the
people. He continually taught the
weakness of democracies and sought
to inculcate the doctrine that simply
to strip the English monarchy of the
hereditary sight Of succession was to
make the strongest and best govern
ment. Ih other words he proposed
that the Senate of the United States
should be composed of members elec-
ted for life and the President Of the
United States should have the same
tenure of Office. He would have
struck the death blow to all rights of
the states by making their governors
and Judges appointed by the President
and to hold Office during good be-
havior. Hamilton was sincere in his
purposes but he was not in accord
with the determined wishes of liber-
ty loving people. From time to time
the doctrines of this American mon
archist are alluded to by some apish imi-
tator of British aristocracy as the true
theory for our government. The great
necessities of the civil war, during and
preceding which an appeal was made
to "higher law than the constitu
ton; and in the reconstruction Of the
Southern States after the war, wher
carpet bag state governments were up
held by the power of the nation, i
looked for time as though the Ham
iltonian theory was to gain the sn
premacy and the states of this unlol
to be degraded to mere territories
The die was cast in the conferring o
suffrage upon the negro with tn
avowedand expressed purpose, by mean
of this ignorant vote, to keep the .e
publican party forever in power Ant
there Is COuSUdIlG Wall dAt Vi1LOuS5'
that moribund party from John Sher
man and James G. Blaine down 70 th'
veriest pot house politician that in thi
design they were unsuccessful.
The republican party built upon th'
insecure and rejected doctrines o
Hamilton cannot survive the sectlona
issues and animosities of rapidly dy
ing past.
It's theories are un-American ano
were so declared at the very formation
of the government. 1t is dead. Th'
exigencies of the time that called TO
a 'GLigher la y" and tried mems soul
have happily passed and the extrane
Gus issues of slavery and it's corrollal
les have been settled forever and tn
pendulum Of American freedom swing
back to the. sublime idea of an indis
soluble union Of indestructible states
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

THE leading Republican papers of
the nation are turning towards John
Sherman as the leader for 1888.
This will not interfere with Mr.. Cleve-
lands re election.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

THE newest newspaper in New York
is called The Lamb. We fear that
when this newspaper lamb encounters
the newspaper lynn, it will fade into
the hence like a green pea
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

/ THERE should be thorough inves-
tigatior by the Cleveland administra-
ton concerning the delay in the con
struction of the locks at the Cascades.
A Portland paper publishes some
very serious charges about this matter
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

THE Roseburg- Coos Bay railroad
should he built. Would plan to
raise money sufficient to employ some
man of standing to try to interest east
ern capital in the matter be feasible =?
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
Signal c

THE Interstate Commission is
pronounced very hard working body
of mer. There can be no doubt but
that the days Of the railroad supre-
macy have gone by.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06
Dissolution Notice.

NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PART
N nership Of Samuel MARKS, Hynan Woenberg
and Simon Selig, doing business at Myrtle Creek,
Oregon, under the fEm name Of Marks, Wollenbers
Co. is this da7 dissolved by mutual consent,
Samuel Marks and Hynan Wollenherg retiring
The business will be continued under the name of
and by Simon Seliy and by whom all liabilities of
said firm will be liquidated and all debts due said
firm are by him to be collected.
(SAMUEL MARKS
Signed. HYMAN WoLLENBERo
tSMoS SgLI6
Dated Myrtle Greek, Oregon, April 27, 1887.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

Col. DAN LAMONT, the Presidents
private secretary spent day recently
with Gov. Hill. of New York. This
has set all the political gossipsto work.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-05-06

The Century magazine for May has
very able editorial endorsing the
Cleveland administration.